<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">An official criminal probe has been launched into the <span style='font-size: 14pt'>GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal</span> we first reported just over one week ago. The investigation, confirmed by Reuters tonight, comes on the heels of an election fraud complaint filed on Friday by the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) after an initial batch of more than 100 apparently fraudulent voter registration applications were discovered in Palm Beach County. The forms had been submitted to the county by the RPOF after being collected by employees of <span style='font-size: 14pt'>Strategic Allied Consulting, a group hired by the party and headed by <u>Mitt Romney's paid political consultant and controversial longtime GOP operative Nathan Sproul</u>.</span>

The announcement of a criminal investigation comes on the day after state officials sent an email, obtained by The BRAD BLOG, informing county election officials to sequester hundreds of potentially fraudulent registration forms which may be needed as "evidence" in court proceedings.

Tonight, Reuters is reporting that officials from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirm that they have "found enough evidence to warrant a full-blown investigation" of Strategic Allied Consulting.

Since the emergence of the initial batch of irregular GOP voter registrations early last week, similarly fraudulent forms have reportedly discovered in some 12 Florida counties. </div></div>

When this all came out, the RNC fired Strategic Allied Consulting and disowned them. I remember one poster here saying something like 'they did the right thing. When the RNC knew there was fraud, they said so and fired the company'.

If only that were so.

Connect the dots yourself.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nathan Sproul and Karl Rove Share More Than a Party
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By karoli

So what does Sproul have to do with Karl Rove? According to a report by Brad Friedman that appeared in Salon and on his own site, BradBlog, American Crossroads has paid at least $750,000 for Sproul’s services. On October 9, Representative Gonzalez’s letter to Rove inquired about American Crossroads’ relationship to Sproul and his companies in the past and whether Crossroads has ongoing ties with Sproul during the current election cycle. Among other questions, Gonzalez asked Rove what services Sproul provided for American Crossroads, why he was hired, why Rove would associate with someone who had a reputation for participating in voter fraud, whether Crossroads has severed its relationship with Sproul, <span style='font-size: 14pt'>and whether it has worked with him under other names.</span> Gonzalez urged Rove to respond by October 23.

Brad Friedman picks it up from there with even more juicy details:

It now appears that <span style='font-size: 23pt'>Strategic Allied Consulting has the <u>same corporate mailing address in Virginia as Rove's American Crossroads PAC.</u> Imagine that...</span>

Late last week, the state of Florida released the original election fraud complaint [PDF] filed against Strategic last month. That complaint eventually led to the full-blown criminal investigation by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement said to now be underway.

As sharp-eyed BRAD BLOG commenter "Citizen92" noticed in those newly released documents, the "Key takeaway from this is that <span style='font-size: 14pt'>Strategic Allied Consulting has a business address of 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100, Warrenton, VA."</span>

Indeed our good Citizen92 is correct, according to the IRS 527 filing for American Crossroads [PDF], the mailing address for Rove's outfit is also 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100, in Warrenton, VA.

<span style='font-size: 14pt'>Gosh, who would have imagined such a thing? That Karl Rove and Nathan Sproul might share the same business address? Surely Rove wouldn't have his hands in something that shady, would he?</span>

<u>That was sarcasm, in case it failed to shine through.</u> You should really read Brad's full post, because it leads back to the 2000 Florida recount debacle, the Koch brothers, and more. It's a little snapshot of corrupt Republican politics in one neat little package. </div></div>

For 12 or more years, Karl Rove has mounted his 'Voter Fraud' scam. Bush even fired top DAs who refused to take part in this scam.
In the last 4 years, rep controlled states have been trying to suppress the vote by requiring unnecessary photo ID and restricting early voting etc.
So the RNC hires this guy to do voter registration for them.

G.O.P. Operative Long Trailed by Allegations of Voter Fraud (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/us/politics/nathan-sproul-a-republican-operative-long-trailed-by-voter-fraud-claims.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)

So of course, when this guy gets caught on voter fraud, <span style='font-size: 14pt'>AGAIN,</span>, they act all surprised and say 'we don't want anything to do with this wicked practice!!!!!!'.

Problem is, they are STILL employing his company's who are doing the same thing in other states!

The icing on the cake.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As sharp-eyed BRAD BLOG commenter "Citizen92" noticed in those newly released documents, the "Key takeaway from this is that <span style='font-size: 14pt'>Strategic Allied Consulting has a business address of <span style='font-size: 20pt'>45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100, Warrenton, VA.</span>"</span>

Indeed our good Citizen92 is correct, according to the IRS 527 filing for American Crossroads [PDF], <span style='font-size: 26pt'>the mailing address for Rove's outfit is also 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100, in Warrenton, VA.</span> </div></div>

Karl Rove and Strategic Allied Consulting are one and the same.

This is huge. Karl finally connected to the voter fraud he so loves. How ironic.

The only reason I can think of for the RW conviction that voter fraud is rampant is because THEY are the ones that are doing it! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

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eg8r

10-19-2012, 06:53 AM

So you are going out of your way to say it was the wrong thing to fire SAC? Do you even think before you post?

eg8r

Qtec

10-20-2012, 01:32 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So you are going out of your way to say it was the wrong thing to fire SAC? </div></div>

Is that your understanding of my post?????

/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif

All roads lead to Rove.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sproul is <span style='font-size: 17pt'>still operating on behalf of Republicans in at least ten states,</span> though <u>denies that he is being paid by the Republican Party.</u> However, The Nation found evidence of a $453,000 payment to a Sproul offshoot firm from the California Republican Party, <span style='font-size: 14pt'>and former RNC chair Ed Gillespie paid Sproul $750,000 for unspecified work via his super PAC, <u>American Crossroads.</u></span> </div></div>

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <span style='font-size: 17pt'>American Crossroads</span> lists its formal leadership as follows:[1] American Crossroads is a 527 organization that in June 2010 established a spin-off 501(c) group called Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS). This is a Super PAC that practices fundraising, with anonymous donors, for the Republican party. The former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie and former President George W. Bush strategist <span style='font-size: 17pt'>Karl Rove</span> were behind the formation of this Super PAC.</div></div>

For 12 or more years, Karl Rove has mounted his 'Voter Fraud' scam. Bush even fired top DAs who refused to take part in this scam.
In the last 4 years, rep controlled states have been trying to suppress the vote by requiring unnecessary photo ID and restricting early voting etc.
So the RNC hires this guy to do voter registration for them.

G.O.P. Operative Long Trailed by Allegations of Voter Fraud

So of course, when this guy gets caught on voter fraud, AGAIN,, they act all surprised and say 'we don't want anything to do with this wicked practice!!!!!!'.

Problem is, <span style='font-size: 17pt'>they are STILL employing his company's who are doing the same thing in other states!</span></div></div>

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llotter

10-20-2012, 07:11 AM

Your choice for 'biggest' story of the year is stupid beyond comprehension.

For 12 or more years, Karl Rove has mounted his 'Voter Fraud' scam. Bush even fired top DAs who refused to take part in this scam.
In the last 4 years, rep controlled states have been trying to suppress the vote by requiring unnecessary photo ID and restricting early voting etc.
So the RNC hires this guy to do voter registration for them.

G.O.P. Operative Long Trailed by Allegations of Voter Fraud

So of course, when this guy gets caught on voter fraud, AGAIN,, they act all surprised and say 'we don't want anything to do with this wicked practice!!!!!!'.

Problem is, <span style='font-size: 17pt'>they are STILL employing his company's who are doing the same thing in other states!</span></div></div>

Q </div></div>

This is huge!

We just might have the long awaited pleasure of watching Rove do that oh so long overdue Frog March, yet!

What a delightful pleasure that would be!!

eg8r

10-20-2012, 07:43 PM

Well then catch those companies cheating in the other states. Unless they are committing fraud there is no problem there.

eg8r

Qtec

10-21-2012, 03:20 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: eg8r</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well then catch those companies cheating in the other states. Unless they are committing fraud there is no problem there.

eg8r </div></div>

UTTER BS.

So if one of the teachers at your kids school had twice been fired for being 'too friendly' with the kids in other States,[ nothing proved of course!] you would have no problem with that because as yet, he hasn't been caught doing anything wrong at your kids school?

No chance. You would be doing somersaults.

Sproul is a cheat. They knew it when they hired him and everyone knows it. They still employ him and Karl Rove, Prince of Darkness is behind it all. Its what he does!

To deny that is to deny the facts...and we all know that's your speciality!

Q

Qtec

10-21-2012, 04:57 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: eg8r</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well then catch those companies cheating in the other states. Unless they are committing fraud there is no problem there.

Since President Bush came into office, the Justice Department has made 'voter fraud' prosecutions <u>a high priority.</u> Yet, <u>not for lack of effort,</u> <span style='font-size: 20pt'>they've barely been able to find any examples of it.</span> The grand effort has boiled down to a program to send a few handfuls of folks -- mainly black -- to jail for what are in almost every case notional or unintentional voting infractions.
[...]

But the government actually lost a stunningly high percentage of even those cases because they were so weak.

Cynthia C. Alicea, 25, was indicted for double-voting. The evidence was that election officials found she'd registered to vote twice. She was acquited because it turned out election officials told her to fill out another card because the first one had been filled out wrong. Pretty lurid stuff. There was no evidence she'd ever voted twice. The other three people indicted in Milwaukee for double voting were acquited too.

Out of the tiny number of bona fide voter fraud cases, the great majority fall into two categories. The first are cases where workers hired in voter registration drives appear to sign up non-existent people to get paid more money from the sponsors of the drive. The actual examples of this are exceedingly rare. But since the people don't exist, no one ever shows up to vote in their name.

The second are felons or parolees who either register to vote or actually vote, in most cases not knowing they're not eligible to vote.
[...]

<span style='font-size: 23pt'>Republican party officials and elected officials use bogus claims of vote fraud to do three things: